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is certified for CME credit.
PLEASE
NOTE: LipidManagement� now offers 1 category
1 credit toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition
Award FOR EACH OF THE QUARTERLY ISSUES.
Readers can apply for instant CME credit quarterly.
Simply click on the “LipidManagement™
Newsletter” navigation bar. Then just click
on the link for the current issue’s CME test,
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After reading the articles in this issue of LipidManagement™,
participants should be able to:
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Discuss important findings from the recent
literature in terms of their significance to the fields
of dyslipidemia and coronary heart disease |
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Summarize the rationale for aggressive
treatment of cardiovascular disease risk factors in women
with polycystic ovarian syndrome |
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Explain why several groups
have proposed that kidney disease be included as a recognized
risk factor for cardiovascular disease |
Intended audience:
primary care physicians, cardiologists, endocrinologists, gynecologists
Release date: December 31, 2003
End date: December 31, 2004
This CME activity is sponsored by Thomson Professional Postgraduate
Services�, Secaucus, NJ.
Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services�
is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services�
designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1 category
1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each
physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually
spent in the activity.
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Lipidhealth.org Corner
SPOTLIGHT ON:
CME Activities:
Lipidhealth.org has continued to receive record numbers of visitors
who have taken advantage of the numerous opportunities for challenging
CME activities. When this issue of LipidManagement™
is published online, along with its posttest, lipidhealth.org will
offer a total of 16.5 free and instant CME credit
hours. Website visitors can obtain the credit a number of ways—interactive
case studies, virtual case studies, enhanced interactive case studies,
as well as newsletter posttests.Click on the CME Activities navigation
bar on the lipidhealth.org home page for access to the activities.
Coming soon: Another series of Enhanced Interactive
Case Studies!
NLEC® Highlights on Advances in
CV Risk Management—The Global View: This new
addition to the website features highlights from a recent meeting
of the NLEC Steering Committee, including several esteemed guest
faculty, which examined issues associated with a global view of
advances in cardiovascular risk management. Read overviews of each
presentation as well as wrap-ups of question-and-answer sessions.
Click on the Helpful Resources navigation bar and find this addition
in the News section.
Dynamic Slide Library:
In 2003, a total of 59 slides were added to this revamped section
on lipidhealth.org—including 10 posted in December. If you
haven’t already visited the library, click your way there:
You can now search for NLEC slides in nine categories and build
presentations from more than 300 downloadable slides.
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